Former U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to release new UFO footage and additional documents related to Jeffrey Epstein if he is re-elected. The promise came during a sensational hour-long interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman, where Trump touched on a variety of issues.

During their conversation, Fridman brought up the nation's long standing fascination with UFOs, prompting Donald Trump to make his bold claim. He asked "A lot of people are very interested in the footage of UFOs. The Pentagon has released a few videos and there's been anecdotal reports from fighter pilots. So a lot of people wanna know, will you help push the Pentagon to release more footage, which a lot of people claim is available." To this Trump replied “Oh yeah, sure, I'll do that. I would do that. I'd love to do that. I have to do that.”

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Pressure to Release UFO Footage and Kennedy Assassination Files

This isn't the first time Trump has addressed the topic of UFOs. In a previous podcast with former YouTuber Logan Paul, he suggested that while there "could be" life on other planets, he himself wasn't "a believer." When questioned about whether unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) or UFOs might enable aliens to reach Earth, Trump stated “Am I a believer? No, I probably I can’t say I am. But I have met with people that are serious people that say there’s some really strange things that they see flying around out there."

Donald Trump revealed that he has been under significant pressure to release files connected to the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. He said “They also are pushing me on Kennedy. And I did release a lot, but I had people come to me and beg me not to do it. But I'll be doing that very early on. But I would do that.”

Trump expressed his intention to release additional documents concerning convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump said "I don't think I had... I mean, I'm not involved. I never went to his island, fortunately. But a lot of people did.” He further added "Now, Kennedy's interesting 'cause it's so many years ago. You know, they do that for danger too, because you know, endangers certain people, et cetera, et cetera. So Kennedy is very different from the Epstein thing. But yeah, I'd be inclined to do the Epstein. I'd have no problem with it.”

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